Grade Book 0.5

Assignments
Max Points

Open File

File

New Assignment

Abbreviated title

Full title

Type CA: Class Activity CP: Class Participation E: Essay/Composition F: Final Exam HW: Homework L: Lab M: Midterm Exam P: Project Q: Quiz R: Report/Paper T: Test X: Extra Credit

Date

File Summary

Class title

Teacher

File Location

Print detailed reports for each student

Show source code

Abbreviations

EXC

Excussed assignment

Capabilities

• Calculates percent grade for each student
• Ability to add new students or assignments
• Ability to save data (Mozilla only)
• Produces detailed printouts for each student
• Multiple undo/redo

Limitations

• File saving support is limited to Mozilla browsers such as Firefox
• No means to rearrange order of assignments
• No means to adjust grading scale (include in file format)
• Overall grades based on points only. Points are not broken down into categories.

Version history

Version 0.5: Multiple undo/redo, performance gains, switched from continuous save to autosave every 30 seconds (improves speed and responsiveness), ability to sort students by name, small usability enhancements (highlight student name when entering point values for that student, highlight a table row when the mouse hovers over it, internal scrolling if number of assignments excedes screen width, student names remain visible [on non-IE browsers] regardless of assignment scolling, visually disable save-as/open buttons if functionality is unavailable), cookies no longer used to save file info (causes issues with large files), cookies used to remember last file open, file path data removed from file format (potencial privacy breach), better handling of score abbreviations and abbreviations defined at bottom of student printouts.

Version 0.4.1: Bug fixes: New assignments editable without reloading, new assignments dialog works after canceling out of edit assignment dialog, assignment deletion correctly deletes assignment, assignment edits work for assignments greater than 10

Version 0.4: New JSON data format for files (allows more flexiblity for expanding file format and makes for easier coding in the future), GUI for editing assignment details or deleting assignments, unlimited number of assignments (previously limited to 26), assignment details displayed in notice area during editing, fixed IE compatibility bug from version 0.3.5

Version 0.3.5: Keyboard shortcuts for file Save (CTRL + S) and file Open (CTRL + O), native dialog for opening/saving files

Version 0.3: GUI for opening files, simple one-step undo, minor usability enhancements (auto saves after every change, visually disables buttons when they are not usable, marks blank scores and scores above max, special notice area for error messages or other important information)

Version 0.2: File saving for Mozilla, GUI for deleting students, support for Internet Explorer, refined tabindex, minor visual improvements

Version 0.1: Basic layout, ability to add new students or assignments, saves data from session to session using cookies, produces printouts for each student.